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• v  straighten up or out; make straight
• v  unfasten, as a sail, from a spar or a stay
• v  free from flexure
• v  make less taut
• v  become less tense, rest, or take one's ease
• v  release from mental strain, tension, or formality
• s  incapable of adapting or changing to meet circumstances
  an unbending will to dominate

• But it is Shirin Ebadi's unbending will that explains how she has become the conscience of the Islamic Republic.
• In Los Angeles, Connors can usually be found at the Beverly Hills Tennis Club, unbending with Spencer Segura, Pancho's son and Connors' longtime friend, by playing endless .
• But the southerners were unbending about permitting no exceptions to the all-white policy.

• straighten
• unbend
• relax
• loosen up
• unwind
• decompress
• slow down
• inflexible
• rigid

• bend
• tense

News & Articles

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• President Obama Speaks to the People of Northern Ireland
  Watch this video on YouTube This morning, President Obama spoke to the people of Northern Ireland from the Belfast waterfront. So many of the qualities that we Americans hold dear we imported from this land -- perseverance, faith, an unbending belief that we make our own destiny, and an unshakable dream that if we work hard and we live responsibly, something better lies just around the bend. So ...
  June 17, 2013 - The White House

Quotes

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• Gordon Brown in 940 News
  With unbending determination, in 2008, we will steer a course of stability through global financial turbulence,Brown wrote. "The global credit problem that started in America is now the most immediate challenge for every economy and...
• President Bush in BBC News
  The greatest threat before humanity today is the possibility of secret and sudden attack with chemical or biological or radiological or nuclear weapons,said Mr Bush. "We must confront the danger with open eyes and unbending purpose. I've...
• John Kerry in CNN International
  We are one America in our prayers for those who were taken from us on September 11th and for their families,Kerry said. "And we are one America in our unbending determination to defend our country, to find and get the terrorists before...